Installed this (5.06) tonight with your included installer. All appeared to go well - no errors. Restarted BOINC, and instead of running like a good little program the silly thing keeps trying to download astropulse_5.03_powerpc-apple-darwin.

That usually happens when you misplace the app_info.xml file. Make sure it is in your \BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\ directory and that it contains the correct information about the optimized application you want to use.
____________Jord

Interesting. Given that I used the installer, rather than do it manually, I ass-umed all would be well. :-)

The file you mentioned is in the folder, and I have made no changes to it I'm a ColdFusion guy, not XML). Should I remove the <app> - </app-version> statements in the middle of the file that refer to astropulse_v5 and astropulse_5.03_powerpc-apple-darwin?

I have checked what's in the 5.06 tar.gz archive that Dotsch provides. There is only the app_info.xml and the 5.06 binary in there, even though the 5.03 archive is pointed to in the app_info.xml file.

Since the stock Seti Astropulse v5 applications 5.03 are not available for the Mac PowerPC, I have emailed Dotsch that he should either provide the binary in the archive, or not point at it at all in the app_info.xml file.
____________Jord

I just ran into a similar problem on a 2008 MacPro with 10.6.8. I was looking for some way to speed up Astropulse and installed the files from here http://lunatics.kwsn.net/index.php?module=Downloads;catd=30 I had the normal Seti 6.0x & Astropulse installed already. I first ran the ap_install.command for the x32 version then realized I needed the x64 version after restarting Boinc and seeing it downloading WUs. I shut it down again and ran the x64 bit version. After restarting Boinc I noticed a few things. It was downloading WUs but none of the old WUs were listed. They are still in the /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu folder, but the old Apps are missing. After the old WUs the folder contains,
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_6.02r561_OSX32
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_6.02r561_OSX64
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_08se12ae_B4_P0_00337_20121029_03784.wu
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_08se12ae_B4_P0_00337_20121029_03784.wu_1_0
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_08se12ae_B5_P1_00109_20121029_06405.wu
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_08se12ae_B5_P1_00109_20121029_06405.wu_1_0
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/app_info.xml
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/arecibo_181.png
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_40.png
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_banner_290.png
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_ss_290.png
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/slideshow_setiathome_enhanced_00
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/slideshow_setiathome_enhanced_01
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/slideshow_setiathome_enhanced_02
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/stat_icon
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/wisdom.dat

It seems to be working fine running the ap_6.02r561_OSX64, but, I'd really like to get the other Apps back and not lose the old work units. I'm guessing I need to add the Seti 6.0x & old Astropulse Apps to the app_info.xml file and then it will download those Apps again? The current app_info.xml files reads;
<app_info>
<app>
<name>astropulse_v6</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>ap_6.02r561_OSX64</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>astropulse_v6</app_name>
<version_num>602</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>ap_6.02r561_OSX64</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>

The stdoutdae.txt file is loaded with nasty comments like "No application found for task: i686-apple-darwin 602 ; discarding"
"Can't handle workunit in state file State file error: missing application setiathome_enhanced"
"Can't link task 26se12ac.17406.301829.140733193388046.10.152_0 in state file State file error: missing task 26se12ad.16830.7838.140733193388039.10.65"
And my favorite it just posted, "Your app_info.xml file doesn't have a usable version of SETI@home Enhanced".

Any way someone can post what I should add to the app_info.xml file? I'm afraid to do anything at this point.
TIA.

Well, I went back and found what would appear to be the correct app name from the stdoutdae.txt file ;
13-Oct-2012 06:51:52 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome_6.05_i686-apple-darwin
That app is missing so, I had to look at the log. I'm also missing 17-Oct-2012 11:13:10 [SETI@home] Finished download of astropulse_6.02_i686-apple-darwin, but, I decided to take it one step at a time. I used Dashcode to edit the app_info.xml to read;
<app_info>
<app>
<name>setiathome_enhanced</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>setiathome_6.05_i686-apple-darwin</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>605</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>setiathome_6.05_i686-apple-darwin</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

Whoa, that seti_enhanced-v8-xeon app is something else. The WUs estimated at 4 hours are being completed in 27 minutes. It appears to be valid too :) That's a heck of a difference. That's good because, the Reset Project button wasn't what I expected. I thought it would reset everything and at least download the missing seti enhanced darwin version. The only thing it downloaded was images. I guess it doesn't matter now, although it would be nice to get the Darwin Astropulse app back.

What kind of results do you think I'd get using the Linux version here http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=item52 on my Dell P4 with Ubuntu? I started out with plans to run seti on the Ubuntu Dell but gave up when Ubuntu refused to recognize the Ancient ATI 9600 or install the latest version of Boinc. Every time I downloaded the Boinc update it would hang gedit for minutes and then finally say there was something wrong with the file. I managed to trash a few WUs trying to update Boinc. It's taking about 11 hours per unit with the stock seti on the Dell.